Not so much anymore. Take it easy, Mookie Betts. You, too, Juan Soto. While ball boys and girls are returning to the foul lines, baseball is staying with its plans to keep them out of the dugout ...

Our annual Let’s Play Ball campaign is aiming to get 5,000 balls combined donated to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach and the LA Harbor.

That’s why they had kids from the west side club play some practice games at the pickleball courts on the third floor of the Sports Basement, which has 16,000 square feet for community use.

CHELMSFORD — On one side of the field by South Row Elementary School, groups of kids of all ages played crab soccer or chased after everyone’s favorite 8-foot soccer ball. On the other side ...